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CUSTOMS SIMPLIFICATION ACT

STANFORD

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

LIBRARY

JUN 9 1952

DOCUMENT

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 5505

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI-
SIONS OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930 AND RELATED
LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

DIV

:98600

APRIL 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, AND 29, 1952

Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1952

TOM CONNALLY, Texas

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

WALTER F. GEORGE, Georgia, Chairman

HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia
EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Colorado
CLYDE R. HOEY, North Carolina
ROBERT S. KERR, Oklahoma
J. ALLEN FREAR, JR., Delaware

EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, Colorado.
ROBERT A. TAFT, Ohio
HUGH BUTLER, Nebraska
EDWARD MARTIN, Pennsylvania
JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware
RALPH E. FLANDERS, Vermont
ELIZABETH B. SPRINGER, Chief Clerk

Testimony of—

Acer, Victor A., vice president, Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc., Buffalo,
N. Y

279

Altschuler, Benjamin M., counsel, Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Association of America, Inc_ _ _

Anthony, Richard H., secretary, the American Tariff League
Armstrong, Jan, assistant to the president, Eldorado Oil Works
Beiter, Alfred F., national president, National Customs Service
Association__

213

124

274

270

Bennett, Fred, chairman, import and customs committee, Commerce
and Industry Association of New York, Inc.__.

82

Bennett, Julia D., director, Washington office, American Library
Association_

231

Berkowitz, Max, codirector, National Authority for the Ladies'
Handbag Industry. --

217

Breckenridge, John, the Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Industry
of America__

232

Canfield, Robert E., American Paper and Pulp Association, New York,
N. Y

66

Casey, James H., executive secretary, National Association of Leather
Glove Manufacturers.

249

224

135

168

Cohen, Samuel Harris, attorney, Pocketbook Workers Union, AFL
Colburn, J. Bradley, Association of the Customs Bar..
Dailey, H. Warner, secretary, Pin Clip and Fastener Association.
Gordon, John B., secretary, bureau of raw materials for American
Vegetable Oils and Fats Industries..

Graham, Hon. John S., Assistant Secretary, Department of the

Treasury, accompanied by Philip Nichols, Jr., General Counsel,

Renegotiation Board; W. R. Johnson, Assistant to the Com-

missioner of Customs, and Charles McNeill, Assistant General

Counsel

Grinberg, P. Irving, executive vice chairman, Jewelers Vigilance
Committee, Inc..

280

202

104

Hinckley, Hugh F., Associated Representation of Staffordshire Potters
Hooker, R. W., Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Associa-
tion, and the Manufacturing Chemists Association..

Huston, Howard, American Cyanamid Co.......

Jones, Rowland, Jr., president, American Retail Federation.

Lerch, John G., Lamb and Lerch

184

O'Mahoney, Hon. Joseph C., United States Senator from the State of
Wyoming

251

69

Text of H. R. 5505-Continued

Page

Testimony of-Continued

Rothschild, Louis, executive director, National Association of Retail
Clothiers and Furnishers_

222

Shapiro, Benjamin, president, National Handbag and Accessories
Salesman's Association, Inc. -

220

Strackbein, O. R., chairman, National Labor-Management Council
on Foreign Trade Policy..

Taylor, Wayne C., consultant, Mutual Security Agency-

Tipton, Stuart G., general counsel, Air Transport Association of

America..

114

Walinsky, Ossip, president, International Handbag, Luggage, Belt and
Novelty Workers' Union..

228

Wellman, Arthur O., president, Nichols & Co., Inc..........

Additional information submitted by-

209

American Association of Nurserymen, Inc., Washington, D. C.:
Statement of Richard P. White, executive secretary__

191

American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc., New
York, N. Y.: Statement of Walter J. Mercer, director__

176

American Cyanamid Co., New York, N. Y.: Letter from Howard
Huston, vice president, to chairman, April 22, 1952---

American Farm Bureau Federation: Letter from John C. Lynn,

legislative director, to chairman, April 21, 1952.......

American Retail Federation:

186

Advertisement from New York Times_
Statement of Rowland Jones, Jr., president-

61

63

American Warehousemen's Association, merchandise divison: Letter
from Jay Weil, Jr., chairman, committee on bonded warehouses
and foreign trade, to chairman, May 1, 1952____

314

American Vegetable Oils and Fats Industries: Brief of John B. Gordon,
secretary, bureau of raw materials__ -

286

American Watch Association, Inc.: Statement of S. Ralph Lazrus,
president.

Associated Representatives of Staffordshire Potters: Statement of
Hugh F. Hinckley.

Association of the Customs Bar: Statement of J. Bradley Colburn..

Book_Manufacturers Institute, Inc., New York, N. Y.: Letter from
J. Raymond Tiffany to chairman, with enclosures, April 28, 1952-
Boston Wool Trade Association: Telegram from Ralph J. Keltie,
president, to Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, April 21, 1952.
Boudin, Cohn, and Glickstein: Letter from Samuel Harris Cohen to
committee, May 2, 1952, transmitting statement in behalf of Pocket-
book Workers Union, AFL

California Fig Institute, the: Statement of John Breckenridge.
California Stevedore and Ballast Co., San Francisco, Calif.: Letter
from J. G. Ludlow, vice president and general manager, to chair-
man, December 20, 1951-

Camillus Cutlery Co., Camillus, N. Y.: Letter from Alfred B. Kastor,

chairman of the board, April 15, 1952

Carpet Institute, Inc.: Statement of Merrill A. Watson, president__

Chamber of Commerce of the United States: Letter from Clarence

R. Miles, manager, department of governmental affairs, to chair-

man, January 23, 1952.

Close & Stewart, Spokane, Wash.: Letter from Ralph M. Close to
Hon. Harry P. Cain, February 11, 1952..

54

106

303

24

312

317

35

52

Additional information submitted by-Continued

Commerce and Industry Association of New York, New York, N. Y.:
Letter from Vincent J. Bruno, manager, import division, world
trade department, to clerk, April 29, 1952, transmitting recom-
mended changes

Statement of Fred Bennett, chairman, import and customs com-

mittee..

Commerce Department: Letter from Charles Sawyer, Secretary, to
chairman, April 29, 1952-

Curtis & Tompkins, Ltd., San Francisco, Calif.: Letter from H. de
Bussieres, vice president, to Ian Armstrong, Eldorado Iron Works,
San Francisco, Calif., April 25, 1952__

Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc., New
York, N. Y.: Statement of Benjamin M. Altschuler, counsel__
Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Industry of America, the: Briefs filed
before the United States Tariff Commission under the provisions of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930-
Detroit Board of Commerce, Detroit, Mich. :

Resolution__.

Statement of John C. Ray, chairman, import and customs com-
mittee__

Export Managers Club of New York, Inc., the: Letter from Oren O.
Gallup, executive vice president, to chairman, April 21, 1952__.
Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Manufacturers' Association,
Inc.: Statement of Frank L. King, executive secretary--
Hunter, Hon. Allan O.: Remarks in House of Representatives, May
12, 1952.

Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, Ill.: Letter from
James L. Donnelly, executive vice president, to chairman, January
31, 1952___

Importers Association, Inc., Chicago, Ill.: Statement of A. C. Tyre
International Chamber of Commerce, Inc., New York, N. Y.: State-
ment and proposed revisions of Allerton de Cormis Tompkins..
Jewelers Vigilance Committee, Inc.: Letter from P. Irving Grinberg,
executive vice chairman, to chairman, transmitting statement
and letter to Commissioner of Customs, March 25, 1952_ _ _
Joseph Magnin Co., Inc., San Francisco, Calif.: Letter from Cyril
Magnin, vice president, to Hon. William Knowland, April 21, 1952_

Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City, Mo.: Letter from

Arthur O. Terrel, chairman, foreign-trade committee, to chairman,

February 28, 1952___.

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Legislative history-application of ad valorem rates of duty-
Metropolitan Stevedore Co., San Francisco, Calif.: Letter from J. G.
Ludlow, president, to_chairman, December 20, 1951--
Mundt, Hon. Karl E.: Letter to chairman, April 22, 1952–
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers, Washington,
D. C.: Statement of Louis Rothschild, executive director

National Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., New York,

N. Y.: Letter from Clinton M. White, executive vice president, to

chairman, April 1, 1952.

113

223

54

National Federation of American Shipping, Inc.: Letter from A. U.
Krebs, counsel, to chairman, April 25, 1952

National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., New York, N. Y.: Letter from

William S. Swingle, president, to chairman, February 4, 1952_ _ _

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